Jeff Green is more talented than Perkins. But if he had stayed, we had a chance of winning the championship that year. Ainge gambled that Shaq or O'Neal would stay healthy and it didn't happen. That cost us a title shot. So you've got to ask yourself if losing a legit chance at the title is worth acquiring Jeff Green for the future.
Meh, we also didn't know about Perkins' health. He, like Shaq and JO was a pretty big question mark. Turns out he was okay, turns out the trade probably worked against the Cs short term, but perhaps for the Cs long term. I don't really care anymore.
The bigger question, IMHO, is why these threads keep popping up.
An even bigger question is why I read them.
Biggest question of all? You guessed it: why do I respond to the bait??
I fall for it every time, though.